New Support Champion Idea!

Sedah·4/13/2015, 3:36:51 PM·4 votes·723 views

I've had an idea for a champion that I think would be fun and interesting to play. It's mechanics are along the lines of the waxing and waning theme Riot has been trying to use, as well as the uncontrolled champion transformations that Riot has been trying to implement. The Idea is that all but one of this champion's spells cannot deal direct damage, but they can greatly change how fights can go. I'm not good with the numbers side of things, and the values that I have given can be modified of course; I'm basically just giving basics and non-math values to be placeholders for what they could actually be. Here's my Idea for my Champion!

Ataxia, The Flux Mage Ataxia is a mage known primarily through legend and one of five that remain of an ancient race known as Darkin. With mastery of magic that greatly bolsters her allies or hexes her enemies, Ataxia is not one to be trifled with. As any battle she fights in, the longer the fight lasts the worse the conditions become for her enemies.

Not much is known about Ataxia. Since the fall of her race into legend, she has kept to the shadows, never drawing too much attention to herself. Whenever she visits a city, either prosperity or catastrophe follows. The few who have met her, lucky or unfortunate can be debated, and lived to tell about it unanimously agree that they couldn't tell what was going to happen next. Unpredictability is where Ataxia thrives, either granting her company great boons or cursing them for the rest of their lives (which was short-lived thereafter); whichever she found more amusement in. One thing is for certain if you see Ataxia, great change is close at hand.

In her rare meetings with others, she refers to many great wars and how much fun it was to turn allies against each other. She even refers to a time when Noxus and Demacia were simply city-states and how she turned them against each other so that it would "help to pass the time". "There were two large cities that didn't seem to be doing anything and that was just no fun at all, so I gave them purpose! Now they call themselves Demacia and Noxus... I don't take credit for those names" Ataxia claims. "It's fun seeing them squabble over the seeds of lies I've planted centuries ago. Humans are just so easy to manipulate".

There are other places she references that would make her one of the oldest creatures to walk Runterra. "There were once beautiful islands that were full of life, bounty, and centers of great learning. However, they were about to discover a secret that would have caused disaster throughout Runterra in their feeble-minded hands. I killed a queen with an incurable disease and spread a false rumor for her king that she could be revived. Those beautiful islands are now lost forever in a sea of death and misery... Progress is not always a good thing".

To what end does Ataxia meddle in the affairs of the world? No one can tell, save but the other Darkin who show great disdain for Ataxia. Some would say she is trying to repent, others would argue she has no goals and only wishes to spread calamity. If you wish to know for yourself, just ask Ataxia yourself. She might not kill you immediately, but you definitely won't live long enough to tell anyone.

"Success, failure, life or death. Whichever you choose, it's going to make things interesting."

    • Ataxia

Passive: Fluxxing Forme Every 4th spell Ataxia casts becomes an area of effect. In addition, if Ataxia is in her Harmony/Discord forme she transforms into her Discord/Harmony forme; replacing her current spells with alternate ones.

Harmony Q - Consecration: Heals target allied champion(s) for <Value> + <AP ratio> that also increases target(s) Magic Resist by <AP ratio> for the next 2/2.5/3/3.5/4 seconds. Discord Q - Desecration: Increases all damage taken of target enemy champion(s) by <AP ratio>% and reduces the target(s) damage dealt by <AP ratio>% for 2/2.5/3/3.5/4 seconds.

Harmony W - Haste: Increases the Attack Speed and Movement Speed of target allied champion(s) by <AP ratio>% for 2/3/4/5/6 seconds and reduces the Cooldown of all their spells by 1/1.5/2/2.5/3 seconds. Discord W - Lethargy: Decreases the Attack Speed and Movement Speed of target enemy champion(s) by <AP ratio>% for 2/3/4/5/6 seconds and increases the Cooldown of all their spells currently recharging by 2/3/4/5/6 seconds; If the target(s) spells are currently not on Cooldown their spells are put on a 1/1.5/2/2.5/3 second Cooldown.

Harmony E - Absolve: Cleanses target allied champion(s) of all negative effects and protects target(s) from Crowd Control effects for the next 1.5/2/2.5/3/4 seconds. Discord E - Censure: Target enemy champion(s) are feared for 1/1.25/1.75/2/2.5 seconds.

Harmony R - The Holy Crest: Increases target allied champion(s) Attack Damage, Ability Power and Armor by <AP ratio>%, granting the target(s) a health shield for <Value> + <AP ratio> and granting the target(s) additional <AP ratio>True Damage on their Basic Attacks and spells for 4/5/6 seconds. Discord R - The Black Mark: Target enemy champion(s) are filled with dark energy, taking <Value> + <AP ratio> damage over the course of 5 seconds during this time all Control effects on target enemy champion(s) are increased by 50%/75%/100%. After 5 seconds, if the target(s) are still alive, the target(s) erupt with dark energy, dealing an additional <Value> + <AP ratio> damage and spreading The Black Mark to other nearby enemy champions (Champions may be afflicted with The Black Mark up to two times per casting of The Black Mark).

Jokes: Veigar - "What do you call a party with Veigar?" Veigar - "A little get-together!" Lissandra - "Lissandra walks into a bar..." Lissandra - "Then a chair, then the wall." Zilean - "What does the clock do when it's hungry?" Zilean - "It goes back _four_seconds!"

Harmony "So she tells him, "He's not an eggplant, he's a Yordle!" "Hahaha Ahahahaha!... What? it's funny!" Discord "What happens when two people stop fighting?" "It means they've killed each other!"

Taunt: Harmony "It would be better for everyone if you were to just... disappear." Discord "Some people just aren't meant for greatness... or anything for that matter."

Special: Meeting Aatrox for the first time on opposite teams - "Aatrox.. You'll soon understand why I did it..." Meeting Varus for the first time on opposite teams - "I hope you enjoyed that bath of mine." Meeting Jarvan IV for the first time on opposite teams - "You can fool everyone but me." Meeting Leblanc for the first time on opposite teams - "You're not fooling anyone except yourself." Meeting Swain for the first time on opposite teams - "You may be a master tactician for decades, but I have been orchestrating all of this for centuries." Meeing Maokai for the first time on opposite teams - "I didn't sacrifice the Undying Isles for no reason, Maokai..." Meeting Noctourne for the first time on opposite teams - "A dream?... Yes, you could say that."

6 Comments

Richard4/13/2015, 4:01:17 PM2 votes

She sounds super good, I like the fact that she seems a little more complex to play than most champions.. My only thing is that Harmony R sounds super freakin' powerful. Stick it on a tank and it starts dishing out true damage whilst becoming more tanky, stick it on an ADC and they get more AD, become slightly less squishy to AP and start pounding true damage down with every attack?

Imagine that on a Vayne? What's a tank?

What sort of scaling AP ratio on that true damage are you thinking?

TheDirtyMango4/13/2015, 6:40:01 PM2 votes

bro i got like a quarter into the lore when you made her the cause of demacia vs noxus i was in ill help in whatever way i can with this champ i want to see this happen

Sedah10/19/2016, 4:34:53 AM1 votes

Updated some of the numbers and lore. If there's anything anyone could suggest to help improve upon my idea I would love to discuss! Again, I'm not too good with numbers for balancing, so suggestions there would be wonderful~! I know some of her abilities seem very strong, but please remember that outside of her discord ult, she literally has no damage other than her basic attacks. I think she fills in a niche of an almost entirely non-damaging support that has powerful buffs/debuffs with an interesting playstyle. I guess how she changes her forms could be looked at as well, but I'm unsure of how to approach that in a different way.